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Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Health and safety at work - Application of Act - Disapplication of Part 3

15: Part 3 does not apply to prisoners

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“Prisoners working in prison are not covered by Part 3 of this law”

If you are a prisoner working inside a prison, Part 3 of this law does not apply to you. This means the rules in that part of the law don’t affect you when you’re doing work in prison.

The words ‘prison’ and ‘prisoner’ in this law mean the same thing as they do in section 3(1) of the Corrections Act 2004. This helps make sure everyone understands what these words mean in this law.

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Work and jobs > Worker rights
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Application of Act: Disapplication of Part 3

15Part 3 does not apply to prisoners

  1. Nothing in Part 3 applies to a worker who is a prisoner who is carrying out work inside a prison.

  2. In this section, prison and prisoner have the same meanings as in section 3(1) of the Corrections Act 2004.

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